Some Vadamas use the Vaishnava namam as their sect mark, and are called Kiththunamakkarar.
Sri Vaishnavas (who put on thenamam as a sectarian mark) and Madhvas are exclusive as regards intermarriage, but the Madhvas have no objection to taking meals with, and at the houses of Smarthas, whereas Sri Vaishnavas object to doing so.
As they are Vaishnavites, after purification from death pollution by their own caste barber, a Vaishnavite mendicant, called Dassaya, is called in, and purifies them by sprinkling holy water and putting the namam on their foreheads.
In some parts of the district they speak Telugu and wear the namam (Vaishnavite sect mark) and are apparently immigrants from the Telugu country.
Mr. Clayton thinks that the fact that certain Paraiyans paint the namam of Vishnu on their foreheads, while others smear their foreheads with the ashes of Siva, prevents marriages between them.
As a matter of fact, the wearing of the namam of Vishnu, or the smearing of the ashes of Siva, is of no meaning to a Paraiyan.
It is true that Paraiyans are often termed Saivites, but there are many nominal Vaishnavas among them, who regularly wear the namam of Vishnu on their foreheads.
Betel nut and leaf are ground and put into the mouth, whilst the priest puts the namam (the mark of Vishnu) upon both the forehead of the corpse and of the bearers.
One man had suspended round his neck, as a hereditary talisman, a big silver Venkataramana bottu with the namam in the centre on an altar, and the chank and chakram stamped on it.
They are both Saivites and Vaishnavites, and worship Kali and Perumal, wearing the namam and sacred ashes alike.
Upon the middle of these stones stands the priest, while the relatives of the deceased wash his feet, and put upon them the namam or sign of Vishnu.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "namam" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
